Yyahaya Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yyahaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yyahaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Niger21:9,596,00886,358

Yyahaya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yyahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yyahaya occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yyahaya? popularity and diffusion

Yyahaya is the 3,882,373rd most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yyahaya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria Yyahaya is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 38 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 29 percent reside and Sokoto, where 21 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Yyahaya is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 8 percent reside.

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Ahuay671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yyahaya
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